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Utah ready for Olympic bid when U.S. gives okay
Members of the state's Olympic Exploratory Committee announced Friday their recommendations about a future Winter Games bid will be made public as soon as their findings are turned over to Gov. Gary Herbert and Salt Lake Mayor Ralph Becker. The committee decided to go ahead with its report to the governor and the mayor in late August despite the U.S. Olympic Committee's decision earlier this month not to submit an American bid for the next Winter Games to be awarded, in 2022.
Mormon History Group Honors Darius Gray
Seven years before President Spencer W. Kimball received a revelation allowing black men to be ordained to the priesthood in the LDS Church, Darius Gray knelt in prayer with two other black male Latter-day Saints. That soon led to the founding of what would be the Genesis group, a support organization for African-American church members formed with general leaders of the church — including Elder Gordon B. Hinckley, then a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles — as advisers.
Mormon Tabernacle organist, meet Utah Symphony
The Utah Symphony will welcome Mormon Tabernacle Choir organist Richard Elliott to Abravanel Hall for a concert of the most iconic and commonly performed work for organ and orchestra – Saint-Saëns’ “Organ Symphony.” Elliott will also perform Poulenc’s organ concerto with the Utah Symphony under the direction of young American conductor Andrew Grams, Friday, May 6 and Saturday, May 7 at 8 p.m. in the hall (123 West South Temple).
Mormon designer creates award-winning Jewish tzedakah box
Doug Burnett learned the power of vision and charity as a teenager when his parents gave glasses to a friend who couldn't afford a pair. So when the American Jewish World Service staged a contest for artists to inspire giving, Burnett eagerly accepted the challenge. The Chicago art director imagined a 21st-century version of the tzedakah box, the receptacle traditionally used in synagogues to collect donations for the needy.
Mormons in America: The 'cosmopolitan and sophisticated' members
Whether or not Mitt Romney makes it to the White House, his candidacy signals that Mormons have arrived in American political life. Just as President Obama’s nomination and election marked a sea change in the country’s tortured racial history, so Romney’s nomination has changed religious boundaries that have persisted for more than 160 years. No religious group has been more persecuted by the U.S. government, or more derided by other faiths present in the country, than the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (or the LDS Church, as many Mormons refer to it).
Mormons’ ad campaign may play out on the ’12 campaign trail
After Sunday worship in recent months, Mormon bishops around the country gathered their congregations for an unusual PowerPoint presentation to unveil the church’s latest strategy for overcoming what it calls its “perception problem.”
NFL teams accept contracts from four BYU players
The transition from college football to the NFL is hard for any athlete competing in the top league of the popular American sport. Imagine the pressure for a college player signing as a free agent on an NFL team. Four BYU players experienced this feeling after recently signing free-agent contracts with NFL teams following the draft. Terence Brown — who played center and guard — signed with the Miami Dolphins, McKay Jacobson — a wide receiver — signed with the Philadelphia Eagles, defensive lineman Hebron Fangupo signed with the Houston Texans and offensive lineman Matt Reynolds signed with the Carolina Panthers.
CNN: Is America ready for a Mormon president?
Mitt Romney’s campaign team knows that his Mormon faith scared off Republican voters the last time he ran for president.
How an Icy Mountain Road Taught Me the Best Answer to Prayer Is often ‘No’
Like many Americans of all faiths and backgrounds, I like to pray often. You probably do, too. We pray at church, over meals, at bedtime, before road trips and when life presents a need that only heaven can meet.
Mormons confident US ready to elect first LDS president, survey shows
America could be standing on the precipice of the "Mormon Moment," according to a new survey that says most members of the religion believe the country is ready to elect a Mormon president. The just-released Pew Survey, "Mormons in America," overall shows a mixed bag of ideas and feelings Mormons have about how the general public sees them. Sixty-two percent of Mormons surveyed say the American people are uninformed about Mormonism. And nearly half (46 percent) say they face discrimination.